MATSUMOTO Harutaka

Born in 1958 in Shiga, Japan.
live and work inTokyo and Chiba.

2003-04 Stayed at the International Studio & Curatorial Program(iscp) in New York
2003-04 under a grant from Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan
1990-92 Studied the Art Plastiques at Univercite Paris VIII Sorbonne, Paris, France
1987-89 Received scholarship from the French Government and studied under
1987-89 Christian Boltanski at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1986-89 M.A. in Oil Painting, Department of Painting, Tama Art University, Japan
1984-89 B.A. in Oil Painting, Department of Painting, Tama Art University, Japan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 "I bind up 4 things in the Sumire Dressmaking Shop" Sumire Dressmaking Shop/Nagano
2011 "Jomon Double Bind House" AISHO MIURA ARTS/Tokyo
2007 "Juliet" The Park Residences at the Ritz-Carlton/Tokyo
2006 "4ism Grid of Mirror, Four-colored Painting -Part2" ARTCOURT Gallery/Osaka
2006 "Grid of Mirror, Four-colored Painting -Part1" nabis gallery/Tokyo
2005 "Hudson River" Gallery Gan/Tokyo
2004 "Open Studio" Chelsea Studio/New York, USA
2002 "Four-ism" Gallery Gan/Tokyo
2001 "Harutaka MATSUMOTO" nabis gallery/Tokyo
2000 nabis gallery/Tokyo
1999 nabis gallery/Tokyo
1999 "Turritopsis ntricula McCRADY" Gallery Gan/Tokyo
1996 "Sayonara Pharaoh" Gallery Gan/Tokyo
1995 nabis gallery/Tokyo
1992 nabis gallery/Tokyo
1992 "INSTINCTIVE VISION" Studio EX Seikatsu Soko/Nagoya, Aichi
1991 nabis gallery/Tokyo
1990 nabis gallery/Tokyo
1989 Maison du Japon/Paris, France
1989 nabis gallery/Tokyo
1987 Gallery Lunami/Tokyo
1987 Gallery Caesalon/Tokyo
1987 Gallery Parergon/Tokyo
1987 "Bon Voyage" nabis gallery/Tokyo
1986 "Blue Lion and Red Lion" Gallery Parergon/Tokyo
1985 Gallery Parergon/Tokyo
1984 Gallery Parergon/Tokyo
1983 Studio 4F/Tokyo


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014----"Gifts in Spring" nabis gallery/Tokyo
2012----"Unknown Voice" Youkobo Art Space/Tokyo
2011----"Toshiharu Miki Collection -111111 Line without the End" ZOKEI Gallery/Tokyo
2011---""Unknown" Ayumi Gallery/Tokyo
2011---- nabis gallery/Tokyo
2010----"Cinemas" Musee d'Art Contemporain Du Val-De-Marne (MAC/VAL)/Paris, France
2010----"Last Breath" ZAIM/Yokohama, Kanagawa
2009-10 "NO MAN'S LAND" Ambassade de France au Japon/Tokyo
2007-8- "Opening up New Horizons: Japanese Contemporary Painting" PYO Gallery/Beijing, China
2007----"La Chaine presented by Christian Boltanski, France Japan Contemporary Arts Exchange"
2007---- BankART1929YOKOHAMA/Kanagawa
2007----"Heyri Asia Project2 Japanese Contemporary Art Festival" Heyri Art Valley/Korea
2006----"Jomon - Human Sculpture" Ichikawa City Historical Museum/Chiba
2005----"Peekskill Project 2005" Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art(HVCCA)
2005---- curated by Alison Levy/New York, USA
2005----"AIM2005" Ichikawa Historical Museum, Tojo Garden, Gallery Yui/Chiba
2005----"Present in February" nabis gallery/ Tokyo
2005----"Hyogo International Competition of Painting" Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art/Hyogo
2005----"the Flat Fale" Gallery Pierogi/New York, USA
2004----"Peekskill Project 2004" Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art(HVCCA),
2004---- curated by Koan Jeff Baysa/New York, USA
2004----"the Flat Fale" Gallery Pierogi/New York, USA
2004----"ISCP Open Studio" International Studio & Curatorial Program(iscp)/New York,USA
2003---- nabis gallery/Tokyo
2003----"Korea International Art Fair(At the booth of nabis gallery)"/Seoul, Korea
2001----"Chicago Art Fair(At the booth of Gallery Gan)"/Illinois, USA
2001----"Chiba Art Now '01- Boundaries of Paintings" Sakura City Museum of Art/Chiba
1999----"Prelude" Gallery la Fenice/Osaka
1998----"Each Artist, Each Moment 1998" Gallery Gan/Tokyo
1997----"The Vision of Contemporary Art(VOCA'97)" The Ueno Royal Museum/Tokyo
1997----"Sekiguchi Geijutsukikin/ Akira Tatehata's Eyes" Kashiwa City Gallery/Kashiwa, Chiba
1996----"The 12th Cleveland International Drawing Biennale" Middlesbrough Gallery/Cleveland, England
1996---- nabis gallery/Tokyo
1994----"The 13th Parallelism in Art" Ohara Center/Tokyo
1993---- nabis gallery/Tokyo
1992----"NICAF YOKOHAMA '92" Pacifico Yokohama(at the booth of nabis gallery)/Yokohama, Kanagawa
1991----"Frontiere de l'image" Espace Irifune/ Paris, France
1990----"Painting-Japan Emerging through Discontinuity" Toko Museum of Contemporary Art/Tokyo
1988----"Artistes de Monde" Galerie Bernanos/Paris, France
1987----"Prints by Japanese Artists" Fuji Television Gallery/Tokyo
1987----"Promising Nabis" nabis gallery/Tokyo
1986----"The 5th Parallelism in Art" Ohara Center/Tokyo
1986----"Amoraim-II" Gallery Q+1/Tokyo
1986---- Gallery NEWS/Tokyo
1986---- Gallery Parergon/Tokyo
1985---- Kanagawa Prefectural Hall/Yokohama, Kanagawa
1985----"Two-man Exhibition" Tokiwa Gallery/Tokyo
1985---- Maki Gallery/Tokyo
1985----"The spot of Expression" Tama Art University/Tokyo
1984----"Colors in the Urban Landscape" Kurashiki City Museum/Kurashiki, Okayama
1984----"The Spot of Expression" Tama Art University/Tokyo
1983----"Hara Festival" Haramura/Nagano

PROJECTS
2012----"Bind Up the House" Youkobo Art Space/Zenpukuji, Tokyo
2011----"Bind Up the House" Aizawa's House/Matsumoto, Nagano
2011----"Bind Up the House" Usui's House/Matsumoto, Nagano
2011----"Bind Up the House" AISHO MIURA ARTS/Akebonobashi, Tokyo
2011----"Bind Up the House" Tou Building/Kashiwa-city, Chiba
2010----"Bind Up the House" Sato's House/Yokohama, Kanagawa
2010----"Bind Up the House" Hoshino's House/Kunitachi, Tokyo
2010----"Bind Up the House" Apollo's House/Kamakura, Kanagawa
2010----"Bind Up the House" Isobe's House/Kamakura, Kanagawa
2010----"Bind Up the House" Sumiya's House/Kamakura, Kanagawa
2010----"Bind Up the House" Inomata/Ichikawa, Chiba
2007----" La Chaine" planning & curation with Christian Boltanski, BankART1929/Yokohama, Kanagawa
2005----"Taku-de-Art" planning & curation, artist-Kjell Bjorgeengen, Y House/Chiba

PUBLIC COLLECTION
La Maison Franco-Japonaise/Tokyo
the Poster Museum in Paris/France
MTM collection/Chiba
Kashiwa City Cultural Forum 104/Chiba